Episode summary introduction: A chance summer research led him to becoming an Experimental Particle Physicist. Kevin Black majored in Physics as part of his undergraduate program at Wesleyan University and PhD in Physics from Boston University.

Today Kevin Black is a Professor at University of Wisconsin Madison.

In particular, we discuss the following with him:

Why Physics?
Being an Experimental Particle Physicist
His Love for Teaching

Topics discussed in this episode:

The Road to Academia []
Why Physics? []
The Privilege of being an Academic []
Graduate Study at Boston University []
PhD Thesis: Top Quark []
Post-Doctoral Work at Harvard - LHC Geneva []
Joy of Teaching Physics at Boston Univ []
The Move to Univ of Wisconsin Madison []
Students at UW Madison and Boston Univ []
Advice to Students: “Find Something You are Interested in” []

Our Guest: Dr Kevin Black is an Experimental Particle Physicist and Professor in the Physics Department at University of Wisconsin Madison. Prior to that he was an Assistant Professor at Boston University. Prof Black received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Prof Black then went on to get his PhD in Physics from Boston University.

Memorable Quote: “The type of Physics I do, in particular, would not be possible without public support,” on why Prof Black likes to teach introductory Physics courses to large classes.

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